Friction brake



pril 29, 1924, 1,492,082

W. NOBLE FRICTION BRAKE Filed Feb. 26 1919 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 this specification. ln the drawings,

WARREN NOBLE, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNGR, BY

ri :HNE ASSIGN- MENTS, T0 WILLIAM H. THORNLEY, 0F PRUVIDENCE, RHODE I8 :r l"

FRICTIGN B la w brakes ada ted to resist the rotation, and

motions o other characters, in moving parts. The invention resides in part in certain novel principles of a brake shoe` and in the constructions embodying such principles l@ adapted to various forms and uses, and in part also in a brake mechanism includin brake shoes embodying said principles witg wheels `or drums on which such shoes act and the means for operating them. rlFhe precise nature of the invention and the princi les which it contains appear from the to lowin detailed' description of a satisactory emiment thereof in connection with the drawings which form a part of Figure 1. is an end view of a winch havd ing my novel and improved brake shoes and operating mechanism therefor applied -to it. Figure 2 is a view on an enlarged scale shown in section taken on the line 2 2 of Figure 1. Figure 3y is a sectional view of brake mechanism taken on line 3`3 of Figure 2. Figure 4 is a cross .section on line t-a ot Figure 3. Figure 5 is a detail cross as sectional view of one of the brake shoes.

In the drawings 11 and 12 represent ce two drums of a winch, being technically blown as surge drums, each such drum having a number of peripheral receive .wra or turns o the ca le which is controlle by the winch. 13 represents the cable, which is shown as being passed to and around the drums in alternate succession in a number of wraps. l

A brake for stopping and retardin the rotation of these surge drums is here s own es as consisting of brake shoes 14 arr in rooves to i two sets, each set coacting with one of the drums, and each including a number of shoes adapted and arranged to enter the several cable-receiving grooves 15. of the drums and to apply frctional ressure a ainst the sides of such grooves. ach bra e shoe is com osed of a plate 16 and" a facing 17 of rictional material which is so a plied to an edge ot the plate that such e ge `is embedde in the facing and provides in e feet a core for the same.

Describing urther the characteristics of the brake, or the individual .brake shoe, l would say that that part ,of the plate or core which is embraced by the frictional facing material is provided with a, number of holes 18 laced in a lineor series rather near' toget er and also near to the edge which is embraced by the frictional material. Such frictional material ma he of various characteristics and descriptlons. l prefer toA use for the purpose a woven fabric which has a high coeilicient of tricu tion, strength, and resistance to the edccts of heat and wearing. Such fabrics as those used in the manufacture of the brake bands which are sold under the trade names of Thermoid and Raybestos are suitable for the purpose. They are loosely woven textile fabrics of which the yarns contain cotton and asbestos fibers, with tine wires to give strength, and are coated or impre ated t0 a. greater or less extent with vu canizable rubber comstion, or other composition adapted tov set and cured by heat, and being sticky prior to such curing. A Strip of this material is folded double one, two, or more times along each edge, and then bent around the edge of the core plate as illustrated in Figure 6. The edge otthe plate with the strip thus enclosi it is then placed in a mold and conne under high premura, while being at the same time subjec to the heat necessary for the curing process. Under the e'ect of pressure layers or plies of the woven fabric are squeezed tightly together, and th parte which lie across the holes 18 are oset into such holes at opposite sides until they mee;

while the exterior of the material is shap to the required form, that is the torni which i enables it to fit the drum or other part with which the brake is designed to` coact. For the prticular use here shown the sides of e ctional facing are ed to the sides of the grooves in the cable drums. The effect of heat upon the material is to cure and set the previously plastic and sticky rubber, or other impregnating cornposition, substantially as vulcanizable rubber compositions are commonly vulcanized by heat. Resulting from this process is a brake shoe having a frictional facino' which embraces, and enters the holes within. the core portion. and is bonded together within such holes, forming so far as the bonding material is concerned, a substantially homogeneous mass and anchored 'securely by those substantiallyr integral parts which pass into the holes. The vulcanizable material likewise adheres to the sides of the plate between and around the holes, and is firmly united thereto by the vulcanizing process. `Another form of brake embodying the principles last described is shown in Figure 7, where the metal plate or core 16a is a plate or band adapted to be laid fiatwise on or around a flat surface or a drum. The frictional facing is laid entirely across one surface of the core, and around both opposite edges thereof; being folded and doubled in a manner similar to that shown in Figure 6, or permissibly wrapped several times around and around the core. This form of core has holes 18 yand 18b into which the frictional material is pressed and by the engagement of which with -snch material the latter is securely anchored.

At the-ends of the shoe incomplete holes 19 are provided so that the facing material lying at opposite sides of these ends will be .thereun1ted; the union at these points preventing a separation of the bodies of frictional material lying at opposite sides of the late from being started yat the ends.

Tlie plates 16 here shown are'not only the cores and holders for the frictional material but are also means by which pressure is applied to crowd the faces of the brake shoes against the drums. Each set of brake shoes is placed between the drum on which it acts, and the other drum, whereby the plates of both sets approach near to one another. They are guided by studs 20 which project from a stationary frame or supporting part beside the drums and "carry guides 21 which occupy guideways '22 in the brake plates. Thus the brake'shoes are prevented from being dragged out of position by the friction of the rotating drums. while lthey are capable of moving toward and away from their respective drums in being set and relaxed. Springs 23, 24 are connected with the approximately alined brake shoes in different sets, wherebyto tend towithdraw the brakes from the drums, each of the brake shoes so connected together being the 'abutment against which the springs react to lretract the other brake shoe. However, thereare shoulders 25 at the ends of the guideways 22 nearer to the respective brake drums whereby to arrest the retractive movements of the brakes and so exclude possibility of all of such movement being given to one of two connected brakes.

For setting the brakes I rovide a cam 26 having diametrically opposite eccentric pressure surfaces 27, each of which applies pressure to all the brake shoes of one set through a pressure equalizing contrivance which I will now describe. Each of the before described sets comprises four shoes,

which are conveniently separable into two pairs. The shoes of one pair support .the ends o a' tube or thimble 28 and those of thel other pair similarly support a like thimble 29, said thimbles being loosely' received in suitable holes in the plates and having shoulders which limit their entrance into such holes,as shown in Figure 2, so that they Will not shift endwise out of place. Then partly contained in each thimble and partly between them is abar 30 terminatin at its opposite ends in enlarged knobs SI and 32, the suraces of which are substantially spherical segments while the centers of such surfaces are midway between the plates. In the center of the bar is an enlargement 33, also with a spherical external surface which is too` large to enter the thimbles, `wherefore the bar is retained thereby and b the thimbles in its required location. A rol er 34 is mounted on the last named enlargement, the s herical curvature of which permits the bar to tilt Within the roller. i

It will now be understood that, each set of brake shoes beingequipped with such pressure equalizing apparatus, when the cam' is turned to apply its rising surfaces against the rollers 34 of both sets, the bar 30 of each set applies equal pressures centrally to both thimbles 28 and 29 of the set, and each thimble applies `pressure equally to both brake members with which it is engaged. Thus inequalities inv the individual members of each set are compensated for and all are caused to apply equal pressure to the drum; while both sets are equally pressed upon owing to the fact that the cam 26 is supported in a floating manner. It is inned to a shaft 35 mounted to turn in earings 36 in the ends of arms 37 Awhich spring from a sleeve 38 mounted rotatably7 f upony a tixed pivot pin or 'stud 39, which stu is mounted upon the frame and projects from a post 39, showl in Figure 2. Thus the cam is adapted to shift in either direction according as is necessary to equalize the pressure and reaction applied on the respective sets of brake shoes.

The cam is operated by a lever 40 connected through a link 41, which is adjustable in length, vv1th an arm' 42 pinned or other- Wise secured upon the cam-holding shaft 35.

This lever is provided with a latch 50 in connection with a xed toothed quadrant or ratchet bar 51, and controlled by the usual latch trigger 52.

The manner in which its manipulation causes the brake members to'be forced What I claim and desire to secure by Let-v ters Patent is:

1. A brake member comprising a core or bodyV piece having a series of holes through it, frictional material including Woven fabric andI a vulcanized composition mingled with such fabric impressed against the op'- posite faces of said core piece over said holes and into them. v

2. A brake member comprising a metal core piece of relatively slight thickness as compared to its width having holes through it, frictional material including in its structure Woven fabric and vulcanizable rubber composition laid against the opposite faces of said core over the holes therein, being compressed against. such faces and into such holes and vulcanized.

3. A brake member comprising a metal core piece of relatively slight thickness as compared to its Width having holes through it, frictional material including in its struc ture woven fabric and vulcanizable rubber composition laid against the opposite faces of said core over the holes therein, being compressed against such faces and into such holes and vulcanized, such material extending to an edge of the core piece, and the latter having .at such edge an open sided recess, into which the overlying parts of the frictional material are pressed and anchored.

4. A brake member comprising a plate and frictional material including woven fabric and a vulcanizable composition wrapped about one edge of the plate and extending to the ends of such edge. the plate having in its ends adjacent to such edge open recesses, and thefrictional material being compressed' against the opposite sides of the plate and into such recesses, joined together within the recesses, and vulcanized, whereby it is both adhesively secured to the plate and anchored thereto by the extruded portions occupying said recesses.

5. The. combination with a pulley having a groove with inclined sides, of a brake shoe consisting of a metal plate having one edge curve-d complementally to that part of the puliey in which said groove is located, and frictional material securedv to said plate to embrace the said edge. having inclined lat# eral braking surfaces complemental to the sides of the groove.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature,

WARREN NOBLE.l 

